Country Focus   /     Preventing Extinction and Woolly Socks

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River Restoration - why the Church in Wales is involving itself in tackling the crisis facing Wales’ rivers and waterwaysTo celebrate World Curlew Day (21st April) we meet a visual artist in Montgomeryshire who compares the plight of the Curlew to that of the now extinct Great Auk and fears for the eventual extinction of both the curlew and the village hall! Birds of Conservation Concern in Wales - the Curlew is on the Red List of Species as is our bird of the month this April - the Bittern. We hear how the reed beds at Newport Wetlands are contributing to something of a success story as their fortunes are slowly, but surely, being turned around.Cockles - how two boys are getting out in nature and keeping the tradition of cockle picking alive on the Burry inletand the Great Glamorgan Sock Project showcasing the different sheep breeds with woolly socks!

Subtitle
Bird conservation, and knitting the wool of 50 different sheep breeds.
Duration
1613
Publishing date
2024-04-21 06:30
Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yflw
Contributors
  BBC Radio Wales
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Enclosures
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